The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-28

naming In italics the alleged demo
cratic papers Of the county, the Fem
Press yirtuously exclaims: "Have
they not performed services which
entitle them 10 honest recognition" May
be they have, since the democrats came In.
10 power. They ought to have done so, at
any rate. They were about all paid their
price IN money for doing it. and we recol.
lect very clearly that last fall so,ae OF them
didn't because they weren't paid for II!
THE FREE TRADER" says this pious JACK
Reddick, this patriotic Andrew Jackson
democrat, who 5olted the democratic nom.
nee for Judge and sheriff In 1896, seems
10 exist and draw its inspiration from the
belief that the democratic party could not
possibly get along without its aid; In fact,
that the party would sink into utter insig-
nificanCe If not propelled by the boast of
this moss encrusted organ. IL will stand
up and whine that its support Is given TO
the ticket in Us entirety, and without tax
Ing the nominee to obtain its aid yet that
paper has for many years sucked at the
party teat and drawn Its nourishment from
every court house official that il tlattered
and cajolsd into the idea that its support
had brought him victory" That Is another
of Reddick's chrome belly. aches Now,
Of course, we don't expect to convince any
one 70 the contrary because IL Is quite the
regular thing for newspapers TO bleed can
didates but we will make the proposition
to Mr.. Reddick or Doc. Leroy, d i'll OmHe
geRiS, that if they can find "A man who will
on his oath say and substantiate that
the FREE TRADER ever asked candidate
for money for its support, We'll give HIM
the paper as a gift. "The FREE TRADER"
says the same luminous authority, has lost
caste with the youthful, active, progressive,
working element of the party, and its die.
tum is even disregarded by the old war
horses who were wont TO regard its teach.
ings as political gospel" That may be.
With Jacks kind Of democrats 1t certain
has lost caste, for it Is not n paper that is
democratic in exact proportion To the
amount of money paid tor being demo
cratic lots of money bowling demo
crat; or no money, no howl.
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It is really painful to see the editor of
the ReDuJiicaH, who has been in the past,
irving 10 be Just In treating the question of
the La Sale Co boodlers' trials, fall into the
trap set by the Streatar newspaper anarch.
list The Streator anarchist says, that the
Ottawa people "have arranged that these
trials shall be heard by democratic Judge"
and the cases thus decided on political
grounds alone The Repubiicrn says In re-
ply: Now, If the democrats OF Ottawa
have so arranged that democratic default
ers and criminals are to be discharged be-
cause they are democrats, and have select
ed (by what methods not stated demo
cratic Judge to hear the cases in order TO
make escape certain, we submit that the
voters should have all the light possible on
that important matter before election" lie
Roy has cleverly caught Mr.. Cullen, GER
tainly, who ought not to have been silly
enough to be thus lead into giving cOunte-
nance to an attack on the integrity of Judge
Stipp of kind for which he had pre-.
viously condemned the IRd,-TtmeS. 1t
,caS a rare chance presented to the Repub
iican to make possible political "hit of
the sneaky kind, Characteristic OF LIE Roy,
but which we had supposed was so below
the level Of the Ottawa Republican that 1t
could not be hooked by.such a gaudy bait.
The Ottawa Republican knows as we'll as
any man living that the democrats of Otta.
wa have not made such an arrangement;
tuaI IL is us great al iuSuit W y uuSc OuPP
to hint that he would permit such pro
posal to be made to him, much less enter
tain it, as it would be to say that Judge
Blanchard, republican, Guashed the in.
dictment in Mr.. Nash's case because he
also is republican, and the Republican
ought to have been manly enough to say
that neither supposition were possible The
Repubijcdn knows the Ind Times is a
chronic scandal.monger, using materials as
facts manufactured in its own brain, which
have not a shadow of foundation in fact
knows this so well that it is simply marvel
Gus ii did not see the net set by lie Roy to
drag it into bis slime, and tempt it to init.
mate that Judge Stipp mtght give counte
nance and take part in so infamous an "ar-